Child's body confirmed by family as Mattie Sheils
Search operations will continue for Mattie's 9-month-old brother, Conrad.
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Search operations will continue for Mattie's 9-month-old brother, Conrad.
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the body of a young girl located in the Delaware River was one of two siblings who were swept away by floodwaters last weekend. The search for the 9-month-old missing boy continues.
The body of Matilda “Mattie” Sheils, the 2-year-old girl who was swept away during flash flooding in southeast Pennsylvania last weekend, was discovered. Her 9-month-old brother is still missing.
The body recovered in the Delaware River is believed to be Matilda Sheils, who was swept away in flooding with her baby brother Conrad.
The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on a Pennsylvania road is expressing gratitude at the discovery